National Republican., 1887-04-25

BOSTON D
Corner

clerks but to be bankers. importers, insurance
ss0rs hRpssd Sce
the great financial and religious en-
,sepssSs @e wss arc q in he The a msS Soun Sn
the platform, plead for the phlanthropies,
after all, the merchants must come forth with
,hs mms 10 sustain sna een ihe e tSs s
sient position. You are now where YOU can
learn things you can never learn in any other
place. What you consider your disadvanages Ui,
aflluent father some day come down on a
prominent street with his son. who has
jus. gIsda,s,.!eSd from the university,
putting one hundred thousand dollars OF cSpl.
tal in the store Well, you are envious. You
soy, "0h. If / only had a chance like that young
man-if only had father to put one hun-
dred thousand dollars in a business for me,
then would have some chance in the world"
BE not envious. You have advantages over
Aswell might come down to the docks when
vessel is about to sail for Valparaiso, and say,
"Let me pilot this ship out of the Narrows.',
got out OF the harbor, simply because /
sea captains put their sons before the mast for
the reason that they know that 1t Is the only
place where they can learn to be successful
sailors. 1t Is only under drill that people get to
understand pilotage and nav vigation, aud want
you TO understand that Y takes no more skill to
conduct a vessel out Of the harbor and across
the sea than to. steer commercial establish.
ment clear OF the rocks. You see every day tho
nothing about. A man makes fortune in one
business; thinks there Is another occupation
more comfortable: goes into II and sinks all.
Many of the commercial establishments of our
cities are giving to their clerks mercantile
education as thorough as Yale, or Harvard, or
Princeton are giving scientific attainment to
are so many men ioundering in business from
year to year Is because. their early mercantile
education was neglected. Ask these men high
they thank God for for this severe discipiine
to endure the wilderness march Il it Is
SSSs 70 of sna I'M H. land nsSayas v ava
"Will the womanly clerks in our stores have
promotion 2, Yes. Time is coming when
women will be as well paid for their toll in
mercantile circles US men are now paid tor
their toll. Time is coming when woman
will be allowed to do anything, she can do
well. y Is only little while ago when
were kept out Of great many commercial
circles where they are now welcome, and the
time will so on until the woman who at one
os high salary as the man who at
the other counter Of the same store sells
honor to Lydia. the Christian saleswomau,
And In passing, may as well say that You
merchants who have female, clerks in your
and kindness, When they are not positively
engaged, let them sit down. Ia England, and
the United States. physicians have protested
against the habit Of compelling the womanly
clerks in the stores to stand when 1t was not
necessary for them TO stand. Therefore, l add
to The protest OF physicians the protest Of the
health ard that God who has made tho
womanly- constitution mora delicate than
mans, demand that you let her sit down.
The second counsel have TO give to the
ont what are the lawful regulations OF your
ts'nbliS hment and then submit 10 them. Every
well ordered house has Its usages. In military
must be order and di'cipline. Those people
who do not learn how 70 obey will never know
how to , Gommand; Win lell you what young
Is the ,young. man who thrusts his thumb
into his vest and says; Nobody shall
di'SiH 10 rot me- submit, n my own ag %1JtST
Of this house" Between an establishment In
which all the employees are under thorough
discipline, and the establishment in which the
employees do about as they choose Is the diff
| ference between success and flilnre-between
| rapid accumulation and utter bankruptcy. DO
not come to the store. ten minutes after the
| time lie there within two seconds AFTER Do
not think anythiny too Insignificant to do
| we'll. DO not sny. "lts only lust once" From
| the most important transaction in commerce
| down to the particular style In which you tie a
string around a bundle, obey orders. Do
not get easily disguised. While others in the
store may lounge, or fret, or complain, You go
| with ready hands, and cheerful face, and con-
tented spirit to your work, When the bugle
sounds the good soldier asks no questions, but
shoulders his knapsack, fills his canteen, and
listens for the command of march |" Do not
get the idea that your interests aud those of
your employer are antagOnistic. His success
Will be yOur honor. His embarrassment will
be your dsmay. Expose none of the frail-
ties of the firm, Tell no store secrets. Do
not blab, Rebuff those persons who come 10
find out fT0m clerks what ought never be
known outside tho store. Do not DO among